Blood Disorders Elizabeth Martinez HCA/240 December 19‚ 2010 Melvina Brandau Some blood disorders can be prevented while there are others that are out of a person’s hands and have to live with a blood disorder for a life time. It is essential to know the causes of hereditary disease and know how to treat them. It is also important to know what can be done to “cure” other blood disorders and what preventive measures need to be taken in order to stop history from repeating itself. Iron deficiency
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Lifestyle or medication Hca/ 240 March 9‚ 2012 Itta Aswad Lifestyle or medication The gastrointestinal disease that I chose is gastritis. This is a disease that I am at risk for. I use aspirin‚ coffee‚ tobacco‚ and alcohol. I have used these for many many years‚ and have no plans to stop now. This is generally accompanied by stomach pains and hematemesis. None of these symptoms I have had yet. People can cut out all of the irritants that can cause gastritis. Such as tobacco‚ alcohol
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Associate Level Material Appendix E For this assignment‚ complete this chart to create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has. Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box. |Form of diabetes |Age of onset |Defects in
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Axia College Material Appendix D Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview Suppose you are tasked with confidentially interviewing members of a retirement community to see who may be at risk for cardiovascular disease. At the same time‚ you are asked to help educate the retirement community about what they can do to control their risk of developing a cardiovascular disease. Use the template below to design an interview form you would be able to take to members of the retirement community (age
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through to repair those damages. 4. What are possible treatment options‚ and what is the prognosis? There are a couple treatment options. She could have treatment done to balance the amount of fluids in her blood‚ such as an IV. She could take a medication to control blood potassium or blood calcium levels. She could also have dialysis to remove toxins from her blood. Most of the time treatment for this can repair the kidney in a couple of days. The worst case scenario is this leading to chronic kidney
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Prevention and Detection The best way to prevent cancer is to eliminate all causes. This will include lifestyle changes. * Early screening * Don’t smoke * If you smoke stop * Avoid second hand smoke * Test your home for radon * Avoid chemicals at work * Eat a diet full of fruits and vegetable * If you drink alcohol beverages‚ limit your consumption. * Exercise . CAncer and YOu Delete text and place photo here. Enter Contact Information Here | 1127
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Week 8 Mental Illness Paper HCA 240 For this week’s assignment‚ I have selected to write about Post traumatic stress disorder. I have quite a bit of experience will this illness as well because my husband suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder following a severe car accident that he was in about 6 years ago. Exposure to trauma is anything but new to the humankind. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic
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Mental Illness Paper Autism HCA-240 Mental Illness Autism WHAT CAUSES AUTISM? You will hear many theories about what causes autism. To date‚ no one has found the exact cause of autism. In the early 1950’s-1970’s it was thought that the mothers of children with autism were neglecting and not loving their children which in turn caused them to regress into a world of their own. These mothers were labeled "Refrigerator Mothers." Thanks to Dr. Bernard Rimland‚ we’ve come a long way since
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Kidney worksheet. Associate Level Material Appendix D Read each scenario and write a 25- to 50-word answer for each question following the scenarios. Use at least one reference per scenario and format your sources consistent with APA guidelines. Scenario A Acute renal failure: Ms. Jones‚ a 68-year-old female‚ underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively‚ it was noted that she had very little urine output. 1. What
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Axia College Material Appendix C Immune Response and Hypersensitivity Puncture Wound Multimedia Activity After completing the Puncture Wound Multimedia Activity‚ complete the table below. List the four events of the inflammatory response covered in the activity in the order of occurrence. Rewrite the events in your own words‚ using vocabulary terms from Ch. 2 of the text. Vascular Events in an Inflammatory Response |Events |Simplified description of event
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